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suffused basal fascia, followed by a fine dentate transverse line 

 from one-fifth costa to one-third dorsum ; an ill-defined median 

 fascia ; a finely dentate outwardly curved line from three-fifths 

 costa to two thirds dorsum, succeeded by a whitish line, which 

 again is followed by dark-fuscous blotches on costa and mid-disc ; 

 four whitish dots on terminal part of costa ; a row of subter- 

 minal dots, followed by dark suffusions on apex, mid-termen, and 

 tornus ; a fine terminal line ; cilia whitish, mixed with fuscous. 

 Hindwings with termen crenulate, rounded ; colour and irrora- 

 tion as forewings ; a broad suffused dark-fuscous median band ;. 

 subterminal dots, terminal line, and cilia as forewings. 



Type in coll. Turner. 



Queensland, Bundaberg, Brisbane; two specimens. 



Zethes blechrodes, n. sp. 



(Blechrodes, weak-looking.) 



Male, 25 mm. Head and thorax gieyish-brown. Palpi very 

 long (5), second joint much elongated (3), terminal joint 

 moderate (1), acute ; greyish brown Antennae ochreous-whitish ; 

 in male with short pectinations (1), which give rise to tufts of cilia, 

 terminal third simple, ciliated. Abdomen greyish-brown Legs 

 greyish-brown. Forewings triangular, costa convex at base, 

 moderately excised in middle, apex acute, termen prominently 

 angled on vein 4, above angle slightly excised, beneath crenulate; 

 greyish-brown ; a pale brownish-ochreous postmedian line, irro- 

 rated with brown scales, and preceded by a whitish discal lunule 

 rather below middle ; traces of a fuscous subterminal line ; an 

 interrupted dark-fuscous terminal line ; cilia pale-brownish- 

 ochreous, mixed with fuscous. Hindwings with termen crenulate, 

 sharply angled on vein 4 ; greyish-brown ; a large whitish tornal 

 blotch partly obscured by ground-colour ; terminal line and cilia 

 as forewings. 



Sir Geo. Hampson remarks that this species is almost exactly 

 like Zethes pectinifer, Hmps., from India, but the male antennse 

 are quite different. 



Type in coll. Agricultural I>epartment, Queensland. 



North Queensland, Cairns ; one specimen. 



Gen. Placerobela, nov. 



(Plakerobelos, with broad weapons — palpi.) 



Head with projecting frontal tuft. Tongue well developed. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending ; second joint moderate, not reaching 

 vertex ; terminal joint much thickened with scales anteriorly, 

 longer than and as broad as second joint, apex obtusely pointed. 

 (Antennae in male unknown.) Thorax with a small posterior 

 crest. Abdomen smooth. Forewings with vein 2 from two- 



